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Military branches come together for combat training
The 366th Fighter Wing is located in the middle of nowhere in southern Idaho, nearly an hour away from a large city. Not exactly the description of a place one would expect military forces from every U.S. service and foreign allies would be excited to visit.
In reality, Mountain Home’s 110,000 acre range provides an ideal training setting with one of the biggest air spaces in the country, and exercises like Gunfighter Flag that accommodate joint service combat training to simulate deployed situations.

SERE: Ready For Anything
Survival, evasion, resistance and escape training has been around since the end of World War II, preparing airmen for any situation life can throw at them.
Today, SERE Specialists Staff Sgt. Cassidy Steffen and Tech Sgt. Isaac Denton ensure that Mountain Home pilots are fit to fight when things get dicey.

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Gunfighter Priority #1: Generate F-15 Sorties
When I established our number one priority for the 366th Fighter Wing, I could have said "Fly Fighters!" It's bold and looks great on a bumper sticker. I think it falls far short of the real story. After all, military and civilian organizations all over the world fly fighters. What makes us different...what makes us better: Gunfighters Generate F-15 Sorties.

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A T-Bolt's last ride
In April the 389th Fighter Squadron "Thunderbolts" returned here from a six-month deployment in Southwest Asia.
As the 20 or so F-15E Strike Eagles taxied in from the runway, the first to come to a stop was that of 389th FS Commander, Lt. Col. Gary Marlowe. He and approximately 500 airmen from the 389th FS, 389th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and other support units spent their time overseas in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

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726th ACS jumps into the future
The 726th Air Control Squadron received its first major Control and Reporting Center weapons system upgrade in 20 years here, May 30.
The TYQ-23A Control and Reporting Center system replaces older and bulkier 1980s style operations modules, allowing command and control operators to control a section of air space and do battle management when called upon.

KUDOS program gives kids a taste of deployment
The 726th Air Control Squadron hosted the families of currently deployed airmen for a Kids Understanding Deployment Operations day, known as “KUDOS” Oct. 21, here.
With their parents being deployed, this event helped teach the kids what their parents do while downrange.